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![An aerial view of Mexico City, Mexico in 2016.]()
![An aerial view of Mexico City, Mexico in 2016.]()
Mexico City could sink up to 65 feet
Due to a phenomenon called subsidence, the metropolis's landscape is compacting — and parts of the city are now dropping a foot and a half each year.
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![A photo collage of a Ford F-150 truck with colorful lightning bolts on top of it]()
![A photo collage of a Ford F-150 truck with colorful lightning bolts on top of it]()
Will the Ford F-150 Lightning turn Middle America onto EVs?
Picture a new type of EV driver: one who rolls around in a 400-horsepower pickup truck.
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NASA leads push for electric planes in next frontier of cutting emissions
The agency is corralling companies to demonstrate improved ways to power aircraft via batteries rather than jet fuel.
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![a photo taken from the back of a large cargo ship with wake in the foreground]()
Cargo ships are cleaning up smog — by dumping pollution into the seas
How a fix for air pollution leads to tons of contaminated water.
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Here’s why Congress is recognizing Hazel M. Johnson, the ‘mother of environmental justice’
Proposed legislation would posthumously award Johnson the Congressional Gold Medal — and her own postage stamp.
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How to have the trash talk with your neighbors
Something about garbage disposal triggers emotional chaos and defies social cohesion.
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Why electric cars are cheaper if you’re rich
What is the true cost of electric vehicles? If you can afford the up-front costs, you might just be surprised.
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![Michael Regan in front of a circular background of a Chicago scrapyard]()
![Michael Regan in front of a circular background of a Chicago scrapyard]()
This Chicago scrapyard is testing Michael Regan on environmental justice
A Southeast Side community’s fight for environmental justice just got a boost from the EPA — but the fight is far from over.
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![An aerial view of San Francisco city-sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.]()
![An aerial view of San Francisco city-sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.]()
There’s federal money available to house the homeless. No one’s taking it.
FEMA is reimbursing cities that want to relieve homelessness, but only 23 local governments have signed up.
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In America’s cities, inequality is engrained in the trees
A new study finds that low-income blocks have less tree cover and hotter average temperatures than high-income ones.
